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Regulation of the acidity of osteoclasts was determinedin situ on the endocranial surfaces of mouse calvaria using acridine orange, a fluorescent weak base. Osteoclasts could be identified by (1) large size, (2) multiple nuclei, (3) relatively small numbers of cells, and (4) the way and the extent to which they took up the dye. Nonosteoclastic cells were stained mainly in their nuclei and occasionally in a few lysosomes surrounding their nuclei, which were uniformly single in nonosteoclasts. Nuclei in osteoclasts were also stained, but the staining of the nuclei was partially masked by the intensity and completeness of the staining of the cytoplasm. In some cells the cytoplasmic staining appeared to be in discrete granules, giving the cytoplasm a bright, frothy appearance. This fluorescence was present in both treated and untreated cells and aided in identifying the osteoclasts. Acridine orange fluorescence at 624 nm intensity, and hence, osteoclast acidity, was increased by parathyroid hormone and prostaglandin E2. Parathyroid hormone-induced increases in acidity were inhibited by calcitonin, cortisol, sodium fluoride, and prostaglandin E2. Furthermore, osteoclast acidity was dependent largely or partially on (1) maintenance of K+ and Na+ gradients, (2) patent Na+ channels, (3) chloride-bicarbonate exchange, and (4) H+, K+-ATPase. These findings demonstrate that osteoclasts become acidified by mechanisms similar to those occurring in gastric parietal cells.
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Anderson, R.E., Woodbury, D.M. & Jee, W.S.S. Humoral and ionic regulation of osteoclast acidity. Calcif Tissue Int 39, 252–258 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555214
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